Steven Ritch

Steven Ritch

Born: December 26, 1921
Died: July 20, 1995
in Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Movies for Steven Ritch...

Title: The Deputy
Character: Cowboy
Released: September 12, 1959
Type: TV
The Deputy is an American western series that aired on NBC from September 1959, to July 1961. The series stars Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.
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City of Fear
Title: City of Fear
Character: Dr. John Wallace
Released: February 1, 1959
Type: Movie
An escaped convict gets a hold of some radioactive material after his escape. Authorities desperately try to find the man that unknowingly is threating the lives of everyone in the city.
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Murder by Contract
Title: Murder by Contract
Character: Detective shooting Tear Gas
Released: December 18, 1958
Type: Movie
Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer. His next target, a woman, is the most difficult.
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Title: Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Character: Castle
Released: January 7, 1958
Type: TV
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer is the title used for two syndicated television series that followed the adventures of fictional private detective Mike Hammer. The gritty, crime fighting detective—created by American crime author Mickey Spillane—has also inspired several feature films and made-for-TV movies.
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Plunder Road
Title: Plunder Road
Character: Frankie Chardo
Released: December 5, 1957
Type: Movie
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
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Title: Wagon Train
Character: Red Cloud
Released: September 18, 1957
Type: TV
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.
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Bailout at 43,000
Title: Bailout at 43,000
Character: Major Irv Goldman
Released: May 1, 1957
Type: Movie
An Air Force major feels a volatile mixture of relief and anger when he is excused from performing a dangerous test in a new aircraft.
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Title: Broken Arrow
Character: Nakaya
Released: September 25, 1956
Type: TV
Broken Arrow is a Western series which ran on ABC-TV in prime time from 1956 through 1958 on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Repeat episodes were shown by ABC on Sunday afternoons during the 1959–60 season. Selected repeats were then shown once again in prime time during the summer of 1960.
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Title: Broken Arrow
Character: Nukaya
Released: September 25, 1956
Type: TV
Broken Arrow is a Western series which ran on ABC-TV in prime time from 1956 through 1958 on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Repeat episodes were shown by ABC on Sunday afternoons during the 1959–60 season. Selected repeats were then shown once again in prime time during the summer of 1960.
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The Werewolf
Title: The Werewolf
Character: Duncan Marsh
Released: July 1, 1956
Type: Movie
The arrival in a small mountain town of a dissheveled stranger launches a series of murders committed by some sort of animal. As the town doctor and his daughter attempt to help the stranger, the sheriff investigates the murders; and they uncover a sinister experiment involving two rogue scientists, a car accident victim, his wife and children, and a serum that causes a man to turn into a ravaging werewolf.
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The Crooked Web
Title: The Crooked Web
Character: Ramon 'Ray' Torres
Released: November 30, 1955
Type: Movie
Following WWII, ex-G.I. Stan opened up a drive-in restaurant. His girlfriend, Joanie, is one of the car hops. They want to get married someday, but the less-than-stellar business the restaurant takes in puts a hold on that plan. One day, Joanie's ne’er-do-well brother Frank blows into town with a money-making scheme. She's against it, but Stan - an inveterate gambler - finds the promise of riches too seductive to resist…
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The Battler
Title: The Battler
Character: Murph
Released: October 18, 1955
Type: Movie
Wandering around America, young Nick Adams encounters a washed-up punch-drunk boxer known as "The Battler".
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Apache Ambush
Title: Apache Ambush
Released: August 24, 1955
Type: Movie
Two former enemies find themselves together on a cattle drive and fighting marauding Apaches and Mexican bandits.
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The Petrified Forest
Title: The Petrified Forest
Character: Lineman
Released: May 30, 1955
Type: Movie
Gabrielle Maple works in a dusty desert gas station-café, but yearns for the life of an artist in France, knowing there must be something finer than the provincial dead-end she is trapped in. A hitch-hiking writer, the disillusioned Alan Squier, appears and revitalizes her dreams of a better place, and finds his own sense of worth refreshed by this vital young girl. When Duke Mantee and his gang, wanted killers, show up and take hostages, Gabrielle falls in love with the poetic Alan, and Squier begins to see a way to give Gabby the life she deserves.
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Seminole Uprising
Title: Seminole Uprising
Character: Black Cat
Released: May 1, 1955
Type: Movie
An angry Seminole chief wages war after his tribe is relocated from Florida to the American West.
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Riding with Buffalo Bill
Title: Riding with Buffalo Bill
Character: Henchman Elko [ch 5] (as Steve Ritch)
Released: November 11, 1954
Type: Movie
Columbia Pictures elevated a run-of-the-mill B-western supporting player, Marshall Reed, to the title role in this equally run-of-the-mill western serial released in 15 chapters. Like most serials in the '50s, Riding with Buffalo Bill consisted of quite a bit of budget-stretching stock footage telling a highly fictionalized account of Buffalo Bill Cody aiding a group of ranchers in their defeat of a local crime lord. The serial's assistant director, Leonard Katzman, later produced the long-running television series Gunsmoke and Dallas.
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Title: The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Character: Tukimawa
Released: October 15, 1954
Type: TV
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin is an American children's television program. Beginning in October 1954 until May 1959, 166 episodes originally aired on ABC television network. It starred child actor Lee Aaker as Rusty, a boy orphaned in an Indian raid, who was being raised by the soldiers at a US Cavalry post known as Fort Apache. He and his German shepherd dog, Rin Tin Tin, helped the soldiers to establish order in the American West. Texas-born actor James Brown appeared as Lieutenant Ripley "Rip" Masters. Co-stars included veteran actor Joe Sawyer and actor Rand Brooks from Gone with the Wind fame.
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Title: The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Character: Tokimaw
Released: October 15, 1954
Type: TV
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin is an American children's television program. Beginning in October 1954 until May 1959, 166 episodes originally aired on ABC television network. It starred child actor Lee Aaker as Rusty, a boy orphaned in an Indian raid, who was being raised by the soldiers at a US Cavalry post known as Fort Apache. He and his German shepherd dog, Rin Tin Tin, helped the soldiers to establish order in the American West. Texas-born actor James Brown appeared as Lieutenant Ripley "Rip" Masters. Co-stars included veteran actor Joe Sawyer and actor Rand Brooks from Gone with the Wind fame.
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Battle of Rogue River
Title: Battle of Rogue River
Character: Indian
Released: June 15, 1954
Type: Movie
In 1850 Oregon is trying to gain statehood, but a truce is needed with the Indians before it can be accomplished. A new Army commander, Major Archer, is dispatched to bring order and peace to the territory.
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Massacre Canyon
Title: Massacre Canyon
Character: Black Eagle
Released: May 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A band of renegade Apaches attempts to steal a shipment of rifles being transported to Fort Collins.
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Massacre Canyon
Title: Massacre Canyon
Character: Black Eagle (as Steve Ritch)
Released: May 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A band of renegade Apaches attempts to steal a shipment of rifles being transported to Fort Collins.
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Conquest of Cochise
Title: Conquest of Cochise
Character: Tukiwah
Released: September 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A cavalry officer tries to keep a lid on a volatile situation when Indian leader Cochise is being prodded into starting a war.
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Valley of Head Hunters
Title: Valley of Head Hunters
Character: Lt. Barry
Released: July 29, 1953
Type: Movie
Bad guys trying to steal the mineral rights away from African natives find it isn't so easy fighting Jungle Jim.
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Title: The Ford Television Theatre
Character: Clip Hart
Released: October 2, 1952
Type: TV
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
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Destination Murder
Title: Destination Murder
Character: Waiter (Uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1950
Type: Movie
Laura Mansfield catches a glimpse of mob hit man Jackie Wales after he shoots her businessman father. At the police station, Laura identifies Jackie as the murderer, but the policeman in charge of the case, Lt. Brewster, lets him go, citing a lack of corroborating evidence. Outraged, Laura worms her way into the unsuspecting Jackie's heart, trying to snare him and mob-connected club owner Armitage in her trap.